Book Title: Classic Plastics from Bakelite to high tech with a collectors guide

Author: Sylvia Katz

ISBN: 0500013470

Publisher: Thames and Hudson

Year Published: 1984

Our Normal Price: £33.00 GBP ($0.00 USD)

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Description: Thames and Hudson 1984, first edition: turquoise coloured hardcover with gilt lettering to spine, gilt decoration to front: approximately 9 x 11 inches tall: 160 pages: 188 illustrations including 111 in colour. Synopsis: An informative and well illustrated survey and assessment of plastics written in the 1980s, with inclusion of a collectors guide. Contents arranged as follows: –. Introduction. 1) The Birth of Plastics (Inventors and craftsmen: natural and semisynthetic plastics from horn to celluloid.). 2) Artistic and Useful: The 1920s. (The first synthetics: entirely new colours and shapes appear in the home). 3) Mass-produced Glamour: The 1930s. (Plastics lend themselves to ultra- modern living, and also to flashy design.) 4) Economy of Effort: The 1940s. (War technology and labour-saving for the consumer: plastics as growth industry.) 5) The Sheerer Era: The 1950s. (Slick packaging: new discoveries by the minute, as plastics invade every area of life.) 6) Good Time Gloss: The 1960s. (From fun furniture to cast acrylic candy: inflatables: disposables and the wet look.) 7) A Transitory Presence: The 1970s. (An end to abundance: cynical sophistication and the rise of structural foams.) 8) Function And beyond: The 1980s. (Solid engineering and ornamental riot: new metaphors and utopias for the plastic future.) A collectors guide. Picture credits. Condition: very clean and good overall.

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Binding: Hardback

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